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Matt Clark (darts player)

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After losing his PDC Tour Card at the end of 2017, Clark decided to play some of the BDO Tour and the PDC Challenge Tour. A final in the Luxembourg Open and a quarter-final in the Belfry Open were followed by an agonising loss in the BDO World Championship qualifiers when he was one win from
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5โ€“2 in the final to seal a two-year PDC Tour Card. Matt Clark also took part in the PDC Home Tour, on Saturday 25 April 2020, missing out on winning his group by one leg. The other three players in his group consisted of Harry Ward, Martijn Kleermaker and Michael Smith.
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qualifying. Clark also made a quarter-final on the Challenge Tour in 2018 before re-entering PDC UK Q-School in January 2019. A last 16 exit on day two put him in a good position to win back his Tour Card, and he did it by right on the third day, beating
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county team. At the age of 24 he began moving towards pro darts attending the Dutch Open where he made the quarter finals of the pairs and singles competitions. Clark appeared in the
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13โ€“6 in an upset and reached the quarter-finals, his best performance in the competition, before being defeated by defending champion
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through the Players Championship Order of Merit and defeating him 10โ€“4 in the first round. He continued to defeat veteran
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He switched to the PDC in 2004 and quickly reached the top 32 in the world rankings. He made his
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Matt Clark first started playing darts at the age of 19 at his local village
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debut in 2006 and reached the second round, losing to eventual champion
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in a sudden leg death which Clark missed one dart at double 12 to win.
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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eight successive years, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996.
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from Matt Clark's official website, retrieved 23 July 2008
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Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
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